Basic Biographical Details Name: | Gavin Paterson | Designation: | | Born: | 19 September 1866 | Died: | 2 August 1934 | Bio Notes: | Gavin Paterson was born at Lochside Cottage, Hamilton on 19 September 1866, the third son of Provost Gavin Paterson of Hamilton and his wife Janet Harvie. The Patersons had a very large calendering business in Glasgow, and at the time of his death in 1889 the older Paterson owned extensive property in Hamilton, sixty-one houses and six commercial properties including the Commercial Hotel.
Paterson and his eight siblings were brought up at Lochside House, Hamilton to which the family moved soon after his birth. He was articled to Clarke & Bell for six years, c.1880-1885 and during that period he studied at Glasgow School of Art and 'The Glasgow College of Science and Arts'. He commenced independent practice at 19 Cadzow Street Hamilton in 1890 and in 1896 married Isabella Simpson Brown. The practice moved to The Cross c.1901 and later back to Cadzow Street, this time to number 6. Paterson's earlier work was in a free Renaissance manner developed from that of the second George Bell of Clarke & Bell. He had a large practice which extended beyond the Hamilton area to Glasgow, but it was not quite as high profile as that of the other leading Hamilton practitioners Alexander Cullen and his partner James Lochhead. It consisted mainly of schools, large buildings for the Hamilton Co-operative Society, and sizeable villas, some of which were in a Scots idiom. He was a specialist in the design of abbatoirs of which he is said to have built a considerable number, but details of these are not yet available. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects.
In his lifetime Paterson was equally well-known as a volunteer and as an architect. He joined the 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Scottish Rifles in 1888 and attained the rank of Lt Colonel commanding the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion the Cameronians in 1909. He was among the first in Scottish Command to receive the Territorial Decoration after Haldane's reconstitution of the Volunteers and the Yeomanry as the Territorial Force in 1907-08 and was authorised to retain his rank on his retirement in 1912. In 1914 the War Office asked him to raise another battalion, which he did, commanding it until 1917 when he was posted to the War Office where he remained until 1919. His elder son, William Gavin Paterson, served with the Cameronians as a lieutenant in France during the First World War. Paterson was also a JP from at least 1904.
Most of Paterson's post-war work consisted of housing schemes and miners' welfare institutes. In 1929 he employed his youngest son, Lennox Dundas Paterson (born 1902), as an assistant, taking him into partnership the following year as Gavin Paterson & Son. The elder Paterson died at Hamilton on 2 August 1934, his residence being Lochside House which he had inherited from his father before 1911, and was buried in Bent Cemetery. He left moveable estate of £1,206, which is unlikely to have been an indicator of his real wealth and he may have had considerable heritable property. The practice was continued by Lennox Paterson until 1979 when it closed. Lennox Paterson died c.1987. The records of the practice are preserved in Hamilton Public Library. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 19, Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | 1890 | c. 1901 | | | 6, Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | After 1901(?) | | | | The Cross, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | c. 1901 | | | | 4, Cadogan Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | 1906 * | | Probably a mis-reading for Cadzow Street (in RGI catalogue) | | Lochside House, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Private | 1907 | 1934 | | | 4, Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1911 | After 1931 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Clarke & Bell | c. 1880 | 1885 | Apprentice | | | Gavin Paterson & Son | 1930 | 1934 | Partner | |
Employees or Pupils
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Bennie Wilson | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects |
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | | Brackenhill Farm | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations | | | Burnbank Co-operative Society, Branch no 2 | Burnbank | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Plan - no date. | | | Butcher's shop, Main Street | Uddingston | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations - not dated | | | Cadzow Buildings | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | No date - proposed alterations | | | Camnethan Street School | Stonehouse | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New buildings and alterations to old buildings | | | Colvilles Ltd, apprentice training centre | Mossend | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | | Cottage, Burnblae Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | | Double cottage, High Blantyre Road | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Date not known - may be by Lennox Paterson | | | Hamilton Burgh Buildings | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations - Lennox Paterson may be involved depending on date | | | Hamilton Parish Council Chambers | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Plans - not dated - perhaps competition drawings | | | House for Katherine Taylor | Bothwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Date not known | | | House, Portland Park | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | | Houses, Torland Gate | Dalserf | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Reconditioning of houses - date not known | | | Plaza Cinema | Burnbank | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed new balcony and technical enclosure - no date | | | Premises of Archibald Fisher | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | No date - proposed alterations for storage and workshop | | | Premises, 10 Cadzow Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations to back premises | | | Premises, Gateside Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | | Raeburn | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations | | | Shop, Cadzow Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Porposed alterations | | | St John's School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Date of involvement unknown | | | Tenements, Butterburn Park | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | | The Priory | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Date not known | | | Works of John Tainsh | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations on works - no date | | 1889 | Academy School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed specifications for alterations | | After 1890 | Bellsfield House | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | After 1890 | Burnbank Parish Church and Manse | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | After 1890 | Fortissat House | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | After 1890 | Inebriate Reformatory, Hairmyres | East Kilbride | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | After 1890 | Neilsland House | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | After 1890 | Woodend House | Langside | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1891 | Clyde Steel and Engineering Works | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1892 | Hamilton Co-operative Society Bakery | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1893 | Tenements for R & D Gibson | Burnbank | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1893 | Watson Fountain | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1893 | Watson Fountain | Kirkintilloch | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | c. 1893 | Tenements, Avon Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1894 | Pair of tenements, numbers 7-17 Gateside Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | After 1894(?) | Burnbank Police Station | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Competition design or alterations? | | 1895 | Public House | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | 'Style of ' (HS) | | 1896 | Hamilton Poorhouse | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1897 | Hamilton Central Co-operative Society premises | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1897 | Udston House, Burnbank | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Additions | | 1898 | Camp Coffee Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | S-storey block in Charlotte Street | | 1898 | Farm premises, Glebe Street | | | | Scotland | Alterations to premises with stables and stores | | 1898 | Woodside School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1899 | Commercial Bank of Scotland - bank and office premises | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1899 | Villa, Miller Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | 1900 | Ferniegair School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Double cottage, Miller Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Double cottage, South Park Road | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | c. 1900 | Double Cottage, Woodside Avenue | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | c. 1900 | Double cottages, Woodside | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | c. 1900 | Hamilton Glebe Lands | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Road section and feuing plan | | c. 1900 | Premises, Larkhall Road | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Tenement, Chapel Street | | | | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Tenements for William McNeill | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Tenements for William McNeill | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Tenements, Low Quarry | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | c. 1900 | Tenements, Miller Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed new tenements and alterations to old tenements | | c. 1900(?) | Tenements, Windmillhill Street and Parkhead Street | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | Tenements, Woodside | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed developments to tenements | | c. 1900 | Woodside, stable | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1901 | Double Cottages, Woodside Walk | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | c. 1901 | Licensed premises, Church Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations | | c. 1901 | Tenements, Eddlewood | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1902 | Cottage | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | 1902 | Quarter School | Quarter, near Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1902 | Townhead Street School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1902 | Villa, 35 Sherbrooke Avenue | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | c. 1902(?) | Villa, Dalmeny Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1903 | Cottages on New Street off Miller Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1903 | Masonic Temple | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Placed second in competition | | c. 1903 | Cottage for Messrs McGirk & Co | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed | | 1904 | Midstone Hall | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations | | 1904 | South United Free Church | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1904 | Houses, 13 and 15 Meikle Earnock | Nr Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed reconditioning, reconstruction and additions | | c. 1904 | Maybury | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1905 | Auchinraith School | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1905 | High Blantyre School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1906 | Hamilton Hippodrome | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations and additions | | 1906 | Hamilton Parish Council Chambers | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Competition design exhibited | | 1906 | Houses, Beckford Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Addition ot WCs | | c. 1906 | Stonefield Tavern | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations | | 1907 | Property, 8 and 12 Cadzow Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed additons | | 1908 | Commercial Inn | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | c. 1908 | St John's Church | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1909 | House and practice for Dr J Louden | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed house and practice | | 1909 | Linnburn | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1909 | Public Slaughterhouse, | Tofts near Stonehaven | | | Scotland | | | 1909 | School, Dykehead | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1909 | Burnbank Parish Church and Manse | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and additions | | 1911 | Grandstand and Ground Scheme, Motherwell Football Club | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations and additions | | c. 1911(?) | Udston House, Burnbank | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations | | 1912 | Hope Street School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1913 | Tenement, Quarry Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1913 | Hamilton Electricity Works | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Various phases of work | | c. 1913 | Property, Quarry Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations and conversion into saloons, shops, offices and showrooms etc | | 1914 | Eddlewood Farm | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Layout | | c. 1914(?) | Boghead Farm | | | | Scotland | | | 1916 | County of Lanark Sanatorium | Stonehouse | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Theatre and x-ray block | | 1919 | Blantyre Housing Scheme | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1920s | Glasgow-Hamilton Road | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1920 | Clydesdale Garage | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed garage and alterations | | c. 1920 | Branchelburn, Bent Road | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1921 | Hamilton Co-operative Society Bakery | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Additions? | | 1925 | Smeaton Welfare Institute | | | East Lothian | Scotland | | | 1928 | Hamilton Co-operative Society, Eddlewood Branch | Meikle Earnock, Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed conversion of top floor into houses | | 1928 | Premises for John McLaren | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alteration | | 1930 | 200 houses for Burgh of Hamilton | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1930 | Bacon factory | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1930 | Country house | Eaglesham | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1931 | Public house | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | c. 1931 | Tenements with WCs, West Stewart Street | Burnbank | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | May be the addition of WCs rather than new tenements | | 1932 | Block of flats for Burgh of Hamilton | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1933 | Anderson & Blair's premises, Campbell Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Proposed alterations | | 1933 | Premises for T J & W A Dykes, Cadzow Bridge | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations for offices and stores | | 1933 | Property at 26 Baillies Causeway | Airdrie | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | Before 1934 | Hamilton Abattoir | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1938 | Auchinraith Estate, colliery housing site | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Draft site plan |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p253 | | RIBA | 1930 | The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | Stothers, Thomas | 1912 | Stothers's Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Xmas and New Year Annual 1911-1912 | 1911-1912 | Hamilton | p97 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Hamilton Advertiser | 4 August 1934 | | | Death notice | | Hamilton Advertiser | 11 August 1934 | | | Obituary | | RIAS Quarterly | 1934 | 48 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | Obituary | | RIBA Journal | 13 October 1934 | v41 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p1070 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Email to DSA website | Information courtesy of Linda Van Nunen | | Sent June 2006 and September 2007 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v20 no1508 |
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